Operations manual for land consolidation pilot projects in Central and Eastern Europe

In countries in Central and Eastern Europe, the development of arrangements for land consolidation takes place in the wake of the transition to a new private property regime, and in the context of accession to the European Union. The process of institutional change is complex and sensitive to immediate political and economic agendas. It is also determined by other prevailing social, economic and cultural factors. Land consolidation is an ongoing process and the exact nature of its final outcome may be hard to predict; it takes time and it may suffer set-backs, but it can be an effective way of improving conditions for people in rural areas.